Film/Theatre script
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What
is Theatre?
Theatre is one of the most popular forms of fine art. It
is a collaborative form of art. In this form of art we find live performers who
present real or imaginary events of our life. It is performed in front of an
audience live in an auditorium or sometimes on an open-air state.
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What
is a script?
A script is
a written form of outline which contains audio, visual, behavioral and
linguistic elements which are needed to present a life-like situation. Script
is very important because film and theatre require a team effort consisting of the
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etc. Together they
Theater
Script
Theater
Script based on A.P.J.Abdul Kalam’s autobiography ‘Strong Root’ (Wings of Fire)
Characters:
Kalam,
Kalam’s Father (Jainulabdeen) , Klam’s mother (Ashiamma)
Place:
House of the
Kalam
Script
Seen - I
[Curtains drawn back]
[In the reading room Kalam was reading and Kalam’s father enters wearing traditional
attire]
Jainulabdeen
: (Enters into the
room where Kalam was reading)
What are you reading Kalam?
Kalam
: (respectfully)
Father, I just reading the history of India.
Janulabdeen
: (casually)
Kalam, do you know anything about our Rameswaram?
Kalam
: (loudly) Rameswaram is the island town in the
erstwhile of Madras State.
Jainulabdeen: Yes, you
are fully correct.
Kalam: Father (politely)
I want to know about you.
Jainulabdeen: (In a
dreamy way) I am very proud of my son. You ask a good question. (In low voice)
I had neither much formal education nor much wealth and despite these
disadvantages I have been continuing my religious cultural life. You were born
in a middle class Tamil family.
Kalam: (respectfully) I know father.
Jainulabdeen: I know my
son knows everything. Do you know Kalam how many people feed at our home?
Kalam
: No, I don’t
recall the exact number father.
Jainulabdeen
: (Standing from
Sitting) Do you know anything about your mother’s family?
Kalam
: (Respectfully
Saying) My mother’s linage is the more distinguished, one of her
forbears having been bestowed the of ‘Bhadur’ by British. I also know you are the ideal couple.
Jainulabdeen: (Sitting)
what do you know about your house?
Kalam
: I live in
our ancestral house, which was built in the middle of the 19th
century and it is fairly large pucca house, made of limestone and brick, on the
Mosque street in Rameswaram.
Jainulabdeen: (In a dreamy way)
yes, you are fully correct. I am proud of my son. You see, I always avoid all
inessential comforts and luxuries, and I want to give my all essential things
to you but I am not a reach man. I only can give you cloths, foods and
medicine.
Kalam
: You are
very good father. I don’t need anything father. I have a very secure childhood,
materially and emotionally.
Jainulabdeen
: Ok my son, now close your book and you go to eat.
Kalam: Ok, Thank
your father.
Seen
- II
[Mother is in kitchen, decorating food items, Kalam running to the
kitchen]
Kalam
: (sitting on the
floor of Kitchen) mother I am hungry, please give me food.
Ashiamma
: (looking at Kalam) Don’t hurry Kalam. Is there any banana leaf?
Kalam
: No, mom.
Ashiamma
: ( come with
banana leaf and foods ) Kalam take this banana leaf.
Kalam
: (take the
leaf and place it) mother how many things you have cooked today?
Ashiamma
: (Smilingly) Today’s items are rice, aromatic
sambar, sharp, pickle and coconut chutney. (gives them one by one and sitting
beside Kalam)
Kalam
: Thank you
mother, I have completed my eating.
Seen – III
[In the evening Kalam going with
his father to a Mosque for evening prayer wearing a traditional attire]
Kalam
: (Suddenly)
Father, why does our Rameswaram famous for?
Jainulabdeen
: (simply saying)
Rameswaram is famous for the Shiva temple and you know it is about ten-minute
walk from our house.
Kalam
: Father, is
there any Hindu?
Jainulabdeen
: (loudly)
yes, our locality is predominantly Muslims, but there are a lot of Hindu
families too, living amicable with their Muslims neighbors.
[Reaches at the Mosque and
returning after prayer]
Kalam
: (Curiously)Why are the people waiting for you out side of the
Mosque?
Jainulabdeen:
They are
waiting to solve their problem.
[Near to the people Kalam seeing many of them offer bowls of water to his
father and father dips his fingertips in them and say a prayer, someone gives
him thank and then they going in front of Rameswaram Temple]
Kalam
: (indicating
some in front of Temple) Father, who is the person at
the Temple?
Jainulabdeen: (Softly)
He is Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, the high Perist of Rameswaram Temple. He is also
a very close friend of mine and I often discussing spiritual matters with him.
Now let’s go home.
Seen – IV
[This routine is going for some years , Kalam is now eighteen years old, in
the reading room Kalam was reading and Kalam’s father enters wearing
traditional attire]
Kalam: Father, I
have a question in my mind. What is the relevance of prayer?
Jainulabdeen: (Thinking something and saying) Nothing is mysterious about prayer. It makes possible a
communion of the spirit between people when you pray; you transcend your body
and become a part of the cosmos, which knows no division of wealth, age, caste
or creed.
Kalam: Father, Is
there anything good or bad?
Jainulabdeen:
In my own time, in my own place, in what I really am, and
in this stage I have reached –good or bad – every human being a specific
element within the whole of the manifest Devine Being.
Kalam:
Then why do we afraid of difficulties, sufferings, and
problems?
Jainulabdeen: (Standing) when troubles come, try to understand the relevance of
your sufferings because Adversity always presents opportunities for
introspection.
Kalam:
(Respectfully) Why don’t you say this to the people who come to you
for help and advice?
Jainulabdeen: (puts his hand on Kalam’s shoulders
and looks straight into Kalams eyes, and answering in a low, deep voice) When ever human beings find themselves alone, as a
natural reaction, they start looking for company. Whenever they reach an
impasse, they look to someone to show them the way out. For the people who came
to me in distress, I am but a go between in their effort to propitiate demonic
forces with prayers and offerings.
Kalam:
(listening motionlessly with
enthusiasm) Oh! What a speech. I shall remember this
forever and ever.
Jainulabdeen: (interrupting) I know
this is not correct approach at all and should never be followed. You must
understand the difference between a fear-ridden vision of destiny and the
vision that enables to seek the enemy of fulfillment within ourselves.
Kalam: Father , is
there anything special to rise early ?
Jainulabdeen: Yes, you
know I start my day at 4 a.m. by reading namaz before dawn, and walks four
miles to go coconut grove. I return by
walking with a dozen of coconut tide together thorn over my shoulder. It’s a
great exercise.
Kalam: (politely saying) Father, I throughout my life try to follow you and your
Devine theory also. You are my best guide and teacher.
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Thanks for this info wikivela
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